Age of Exploration

A navigational instrument that uses a telescope and scale to determine latitude and longitude

“discovered” the Caribbean islands and what is now known as the Bahamas.

a mapmaker

the practice of controlling and settling an area with people from another country

These two Dutch explorers “found” Australia & proved Australia was an island

a chain of islands

The first permanent English settlement in North America (this settlement was a success)

a sea route connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America

The first English colony in North America, it was not successful (also known as the Lost Colony)

Explorer from Portugal who called the Americas the “New World” North & South America are named for him.

He named the Pacific Ocean; his crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe, did not survive the voyage he was speared to death

He introduced the English to the New World, explorer from England.

Where the plantation system & slavery originated

Never mapped or explored

Age of exploration began because of __________________

native to a particular region or environment

Spice used as money during the age of exploration

to travel completely around something (such as Earth), especially by water

The segment of the Triangular Trade route between Africa and the Americas that became synonymous with the slave trade.

The trade route that linked Europe, African and the Americas. Each continent provided goods or food that were exchanged for slaves along the route.

Large parts of New York, Albany, New Jersey, & New Holland were originally named this ______________.